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Collection Holdings from Western Canada:

Includes:

  1. ABT: Alberta
  2. BRC: British Columbia
  3. MAN: Manitoba
  4. SAS: Saskatchewan

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Allioideae
    Tribe Allieae

    • Allium schoenoprasum - Europe, Asia

    Araceae

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan
      • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Agavoideae
        Tribe Agaveae

        • Yucca glauca - Central N. America - Iowa to Texas and N. Dakota.

        Asteraceae

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Anthemideae

          • Artemisia tridentata - intermountain west USA
          • Artemisia tridentata subsp. vaseyana - western US

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Astereae

          • Grindelia integrifolia - Oregon, Washington and British Columbia W/C
          • Solidago rigida - central & eastern US & Canada

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Coreopsideae

          • Coreopsis tinctoria - southern Canada to northern Mexico

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Heliantheae

          • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

          Boraginaceae

            Subfamily Hydrophylloideae

            • Hydrophyllum virginianum - central & eastern US & Canada

            Cactaceae

              Subfamily Opuntioideae
              Tribe Opuntieae

              • Opuntia fragilis - western US - wide distribution, but not common

              Ceratophyllaceae

              • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

              Colchicaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Uvularieae

                • Uvularia grandiflora - SC. & SE. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.

                Convolvulaceae

                  Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                  Tribe Convolvuleae

                  • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                  Cornaceae

                  • Cornus sericea - Canada, USA, Mexico

                  Equisetaceae

                  • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

                  Fabaceae

                    Subfamily Faboideae
                    Tribe Amorpheae

                    • Amorpha fruticosa - originally from se USA, now widespread across North America

                    Grossulariaceae

                    • Ribes cereum - western North America
                    • Ribes hirtellum 'Pixwell' - northeastern North America
                    • Ribes sanguineum - western North America

                    Hydrocharitaceae

                    • Elodea canadensis - S. Canada to U.S.A.
                    • Vallisneria americana - N. America to Honduras, Colombia, Caribbean

                    Juncaginaceae

                    • Triglochin maritima - Temp. Northern Hemisphere, S. South America W/C

                    Lentibulariaceae

                    • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                    • Utricularia vulgaris subsp. macrorhiza - Siberia to Russian Far East and N. China, N. Japan, N. America W/C

                    Myricaceae

                    • Myrica gale - circumboreal; northern and western Europe, North America

                    Orobanchaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Pedicularideae

                      • Castilleja coccinea -
                      • Pedicularis lanceolata - central & eastern US & Canada

                      Papaveraceae

                        Subfamily Fumarioideae
                        Tribe Fumarieae

                        • Capnoides sempervirens - USA, Canada W/C

                        Penthoraceae

                        • Penthorum sedoides - central & eastern US & Canada

                        Pinaceae

                          Subfamily Abietoideae

                          • Abies balsamea - northeastern USA and eastern Canada W/C

                          Subfamily Pinoideae

                          • Pinus ponderosa - SW. Canada to N. Mexico

                          Poaceae

                            Subfamily Panicoideae
                            Tribe Andropogoneae

                            • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                            Polemoniaceae

                              Subfamily Polemonioideae
                              Tribe Polemonieae

                              • Polemonium viscosum - western North America

                              Ranunculaceae

                                Subfamily Isopyroideae
                                Tribe Isopyreae

                                • Aquilegia canadensis - USA, Canada W/C

                                Rosaceae

                                  Subfamily Amygdaloideae
                                  Tribe Spiraeeae

                                  • Holodiscus discolor - western North America

                                  Subfamily Dryadoideae
                                  Tribe Dryadeae

                                  • Purshia tridentata - western US & Canada

                                  Subfamily Rosoideae
                                  Tribe Potentilleae

                                  • Fragaria chiloensis - western North America & disjunct population in Chile W/C

                                  Sarraceniaceae

                                  • Sarracenia purpurea - Eastern N. America

                                  Selaginellaceae

                                  • Selaginella densa - Colorado, USA W/C

                                  Urticaceae

                                    Subfamily
                                    Tribe Urticeae

                                    • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                    Violaceae

                                    • Viola labradorica - eastern North America
                                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 44 accessions native to Western Canada

                                    W/C = Wild Collected
                                    = Currently Flowering
                                    = Image(s) Available
                                    = map available for this accession

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